Will new search engine Cuil win against Google?
When we think of search on the internet, the one search engine that comes instantly to mind is Google. The search engine has maintained a clear lead over Yahoo and Microsoft, the number two and three players, respectively, A team of former Google engineers and others who worked at eBay, IBM and AltaVista have come […]
Yahoo sets up tech lab in Bangalore
Yahoo! Inc. on Tuesday announced that it has set up a laboratory in this tech hub to roll out next-generation search and multimedia retrieval products for its global customers. This new laboratory—with an initial team of 100 scientists and engineers—will be part of the expansion of its R&D operations in the country.
Yahoo Labs Bangalore […]
CORRECTION STATEMENT on Cisco increase of head count
Correction on the news on Cisco to increase India headcount to 360,000
As per the request of Cisco Press Contact Mr Varghese M Thomas, Bangalore365 team wishes to clarify that 360000 people is not the hire count of Cisco but instead Cisco aims to offer networking curriculum to NIIT, IIHT and Global Knowledge in India […]
Dell says it’s not shutting down
Dell says it’s not shutting down its R&D centre in Bangalore, contrary to recent media reports. The company is merely shifting focus from hardware to software R&D, said Mr Pallab Talukdar, Enterprise Strategy Group, Dell India.
Earlier, Dell’s focus at the R&D centre was primarily on hardware. Gradually, it is phasing out hardware R&D from […]
Dell shifting hardware design unit out of Bangalore
Top computer maker Dell is shifting its hardware design unit from its R&D centre in Bangalore to Austin and Taiwan, a top company official said.
“Hardware design is being slowly phased out from the centre here to our centres in Austin and Taiwan”, Pallab Talukdar, enterprise strategy group director of Dell India, said.
Dell’s R&D centre […]
Google.org doles out more than $26 million
Search giant funds global health threats and other causes
Google executives today announced the areas where it will focus its charitable giving over the next five to 10 years.
The initiatives include $26 million in funds to several institutions including a think tank in India, Clark University and a Pasadena-based company specializing in solar thermal power […]
HCL launches 14k laptop
Small is definitely big this year. HCL Infosystems today launched a laptop for only Rs 13,990.
With a little help from Intel, Indian hardware manufacturer HCL Infosystems on Tuesday launched an ultra portable range of laptops with mobile Internet computing experience under Rs 15,000. And no, they are not called Classmate!
The self-branded laptops called HCL […]
Intel’s India unit develops remote health monitoring device
US microchip maker Intel is developing a technology to allow remote monitoring of a person’s health through signals from a hand-held device, the company said on Wednesday.
Intel’s Indian and US researchers have built a prototype which would alert a person carrying the wireless device, and doctors monitoring the person’s health, to any impending medical […]
Software to judge umpires performance
Good umpires or bad umpires? A lot has been said over the past few days about the standards of umpiring. But apart from a few obviously bad decisions, how can you really decide the quality of an individual umpire and compare his performance to others?
There are the obviously bad umpiring decisions - particularly easy […]
Thomson/Technicolor to set up worldclass animation studio
Thomson/Technicolor has inked an alliance with DreamWorks Animation to set-up an animation studio, the first of its kind in Asia, at Paprikaas, a leading animation and game content provider based in Bangalore.
Thomson recently invested in Paprikaas through their Technicolor business, and now with the assistance of DreamWorks Animation, will build on the potential of […]
